melanie

melanie, 8 months ago to random

What I had hoped for: a modest return of blogging and RSS.
What the internet got: indie content behind Substack paywalls.

matthiasott, 4 months ago to random

Issue 8 of #OwnYourWeb is out. 🥳

This time, we’re on a roll…

Plus links to posts and tools by @Daojoan, @davatron5000, @shadeed9, @robb, and many more! 🙌

Personal site of the (every other) week by @melanie 🎉
https://buttondown.email/ownyourweb/archive/issue-08/

melanie, 3 months ago to calligraphy

Now that I’m learning blackletter calligraphy, my toxic trait is deploying it constantly in my journal 😆 #calligraphy #fountainPens

Ink is Diamond Cashmere Rose, which looks a bit duskier and more muted than my poor lighting allows for.

melanie, 5 months ago to random

If you have the means, Trans Lifeline could really use your support right now. Donations have slowed down, while the need for their extremely necessary services have only increased. Please consider joining me in supporting trans folk:

https://translifeline.org/

melanie, 4 months ago to random

🆕 side project from over the weekend: Lit Tapes! I made some playlists (mixtapes, if you will?) based on songs from books. What should I read next?

https://littapes.melanie-richards.com/

melanie, 7 months ago to random

Favorite bit of a web standard? I always return to the Priority of Constituencies myself: https://www.w3.org/TR/html-design-principles/#priority-of-constituencies

melanie, 5 months ago to fountainpens

✒️ New on the blog: my entry into fountain pens and some things I learned along the way! #fountainPens #stationery https://melanie-richards.com/blog/lefty-fp/

melanie, 6 months ago to fountainpens

Pro tip: if you don’t want to explain in meetings why you have brown stains all over your hands, check that your newish fountain pen doesn’t have a cartridge in it, BEFORE installing a converter. #fountainPens

melanie, 6 months ago to random

A blog post I think about all the time but have trouble following 😅: https://dianaberlin.com/posts/no-more-forever-projects

melanie, 2 months ago to random

Trying to find a good place in my daily routine to read articles and not really satisfied with anything yet. This is where a commute was actually useful.

When do other WFH types work this into your routine?

melanie, 11 months ago to random

Me: I can’t decide whether to stick with this reading challenge because it’s fun, or drop it because it’s too much pressure :/

Friend: I’d say just enjoy it and see how far you can get!

The fact that this did not occur to me tells you everything you need to know about my internal wiring 😂

melanie, 11 months ago to fountainpens

Today’s spoils. The person at the store was like “oh, I love Platinum Preppys. Such a great gateway into fountain pens.” Hahaha yeah, the gate is totally not a speck in the rear distance. 😐 #fountainPens

melanie, 3 months ago to random

Wild that Google Slides doesn’t support WEBP 😖

melanie, 6 months ago to random

LinkedIn needs a feature that tells you “how the hell do I know this person, again?”

This is in large part why I don’t accept requests from randos, but yeah I can’t remember everyone I’ve met in a hallway track 4 years ago.

melanie, 7 months ago to fountainpens

Q4 pocket notebook is stickered and at the ready!

Pen is a Pilot Vanishing Point loaded up with Taccia Ainezu. The pen loop is attached to a Hobonichi pencil board, cut down to size. Back sticker is by skullface.dev.

#fountainPens #stationery #planners

The sticker on the back is a drawing of knuckles with very cute tattooed onto them, along with cutesy symbols like a heart, tooth, and cat.

melanie, 8 months ago to random

Love when past me has the answers to my questions. Yet another reason to blog!

melanie, 3 months ago to fountainpens

Tomorrow is new ink day!! (I change out which inks I use in my journal on a monthly basis) #fountainPens

melanie, 1 year ago to random

Ok, I have to admit: I have absolutely been sleeping on WebP for my personal blog.

2624px wide WebP image at 70% quality = 60kb. AKA smaller weight than the smallest PNG (768px wide) I was saving for my srcset.

With 96% support on Can I Use, screw it: I’m all in on WebP now. https://caniuse.com/webp

melanie, 4 months ago to fountainpens

They’re making really pretty demonstrator pens these days! This is a Nahvalur x Galen Leather rose gold demo, with Diamine Cashmere Rose ink 🌹 #fountainPens

zachleat, 4 months ago to random

clutching my URLs

melanie, 5 months ago to fountainpens

Two days until #inkvent !!! #fountainPens

melanie, 2 months ago to webflow

Signed into a new device today…it was my first day at #Webflow! 💙👩‍💻

I’ll be working with the team on styling capabilities in the Designer product. Feels like a really cool way to apply my background in design and web standards…really excited to build great things for our customers, and having fun meeting everyone so far!